She felt no movement, and the darkness did not lift.

When the darkness lifted once more, the jabbing of the needles seemed less intense, nearly gone from his face.

Outside, the darkness lifted, and the clouds began to roll away.

Tanis laughed, feeling the darkness of the world suddenly lift in sharing those times with his friend.

Then the darkness lifted and he could see again.

The darkness did not lift, but a feeling of space grew around him, as if he were in some enormous cavern.

I slept, finally, as the darkness was lifting to the soft gray of dawn.

But before fear could turn to panic the darkness lifted, and she found herself sitting by a lakeside village.

Then, suddenly, the darkness lifted, and a sense of peace filled her.

Then the darkness lifted, and she spoke to me, though she said no word.